February 24, 2015, Tuesday

The 2016 race for Missouri’s Senate seat got started in earnest today with the announcement by Jason Kander, the Democratic secretary of state, that he would seek his party’s nomination for the seat now held by incumbent Republican Senator Roy...

January 31, 2015, Saturday

The Israeli prime minister has been reaching out to leading Capitol Hill Democrats, including Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, to try to ease criticism over his coming address to Congress, but has made little progress.